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I also use the same colander with my spike 10 gal. I use the pot lid method to squeeze the grain as well. This all works great. My one complaint with this colander is that it has no handles. I have been doing a pour over sparge as well with the bag in the colander. This works well, but it...

I've tried thinking this through in my head as well. I think the key to a foaming issue is to not let the beer carbonate in the keg; i.e. Epos7 still mentions adding the priming sugar. So in this case, the CO2 is only used for purging oxygen and moving the beer from fermenter to keg and then...

I have been wondering about this recently. Primarily, is stirring mid-mash adding any benefit? On one hand, without stirring you would loose less heat during the mash, but on the other hand, wouldn't the mash be a more uniform temperature if stirred occasionally? Or maybe that's where the...

I'm relatively new here, but I respectively disagree with this mentality. I believe that biab is just one method of brewing. How you use it in conjunction with or without all the other brewing processes (squeezing, sparging, step mashes, etc) is each brewers own prerogative. While biab can be...

Some Upstate Brewing Co brews. Aussie IPA first and now their IPW! Happy new year!

Ordered a 10 gallon spike brewing kettle! :) Happy birthday to me! :mug:

Cheers all. Threads like this are very informative to a new brewer like me. I'm really enjoying this conversation. :mug:

Halfway through the mash of my Belgian Pale Ale. Going well so far! :mug:

Earlier today, Grimm Super Spruce.

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@azscoob: Just want to write quickly to say thanks for sharing the recipe. This was my 3rd all grain brew. I drank my first bottle this past Sunday and I'm quite happy with the results. Cheers!

Thanks everyone! About 30 mins into my boil. All running smooth so far. @normoster - Dry hopping is in the plan. Cascade and centennial. @Chris - Yes! All my ingredients came from the Somers LHBS. Cheers!

Hello everyone, I've been lurking here for the past few months now and firstly want to say thank you to all the members who openly share their knowledge and experience on this forum. A few months back now I brewed an extract kit for the first time in over 5 years. I had done a 1/2 dozen...